solid koa tele body (pics here!): what type of neck?

[buckallred]

Photos of soilid koa tele body here:

the boards (before):

NOW: I am considering warmoth unfinished indian rosewood necks, which are beautiful and not too pricey at all.

Koa necks are like $700.

The question is whether an indian rosewood neck would look weird on that body. Obviously the neck would be quite a bit darker in color.

Any advice/input would be appreciated.

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

Brazilian Rosewood  :icon_biggrin: with a Warmoth style head or Jackson Pointy Head!  :laughing7: 

 

[NonsenseTele]

Rosewood would look very cool on this body!
Tele headstock FTW!

 

[neuftone]

I vote goncalo alves/pau ferro.  I have used that combination on basses a couple times now (koa body, goncalo neck, pf fretboard) and it always seems to blend very nicely.

Here's one of them, pardon the image quality, this was taken years ago:

I don't have one uploaded showing the back of the neck but you can see the color of the goncalo alves on the headstock.  The woods just seemed to blend nicely.  Here's a back of one of the showcase necks, in goncalo.  Mine was a little darker:

 

[tfarny]

All pao ferro.

 

[jackthehack]

Well, DUH...  KOA!

Lots of nice ones in the showcase, but most are already clear gloss finished, several match up well with the coloration on your body:

http://www.warmoth.com/Pages/ClassicShowcase.aspx?Body=1&Shape=1&Path=Neck,Strat&nWood=8

 

[buckallred]

The koa ones aren't as expensive as I thought. . . $482 is the cheapest tele neck on there.

Not that that is exactly chump change, mind you. . . indian rosewoods are at least $100 cheaper.

does Koa have to have a finish on it? I have just always wanted a no-finish neck on a guitar.

 

[rockskate4x]

koa needs a finish.... go with the rosewood

 

[JohninSC]

Why did you have to ruin that beautiful wood by shaping it into a tele?

 

[Mor Paul]

Why did you have to ruin that beautiful wood by shaping it into a tele?

^Ignore him.

Teles rocks.

Once the edges are rounded over and that sliver on the pocked sanded off (and the contour rounded over some more), a canary neck could look good.

 

[Orpheo]

goncalo alves FTW! even in looks, its a complimentary to koa.

 

[Rick]

Large stainless frets, indian rosewood fret board, 1 3/4 width, koa or mahogany neck (depending on how much you can spend), standard tele headstock, warmoth pro.

 

[kboman]

For me it would need to be on the darker side of the colour spectrum - pau ferro or rosewood, depending on the sound I was after.

And re: a solid koa tele... WHOA!  :headbang1:

 

[buckallred]

Thank you all. We will see what type of neck i end up with. Probably indian rosewood, as koa necks are just so expensive.

Either way, it will be a winner. And, thank Leo Fender, if I buy an IRW neck, on down the line I can always swap it out for a koa one!

 

[DangerousR6]

I think canary or goncalo would be a good match for that koa piece. There's a couple of real nice goncalo's in the showcase for under $300...

 

[DangerousR6]

Here's a cool PG that would go nicely with that body....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Koa-Pickguard-Fender-Telecaster-Tele-Wood-USA_W0QQitemZ220407439059QQihZ012QQcategoryZ41424QQssPageNameZWD4VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em124

 

[NonsenseTele]

The 1st neck that Doug posted looks very cool!

 

[DangerousR6]

The 1st neck that Doug posted looks very cool!

I like that one the best too..... :icon_thumright:

 

[Soylent]

I dunno about with that body.. but http://www.warmoth.com/Showcase/ShowcaseNeck.aspx?Body=1&Path=Neck&i=tn2416

someone buy that.. I can't afford it... and I wants it..  :evil4:

 

[jerryjg]

Mahaogany /  Brazillian Rosewood  :headbang: